BDCP: My gouge

[pilot811]

Thanks for the quick reply nzachman. That straightened out a few things for sure.

Keep on flyin,

Kevin

 

[Irishmcd]

I am a newbie currently putting my BDCP package together and posts like this one as well as all the info I've found in this forum has been a life saver. Thanks for the input.

 

[SShanerBaner]

Question of my own??

Im trying to choose Marines or Navy adn the real difference between the two is the BDCP and i need to get fitness up for marines. I am about to be a senior at Univ of South Carolina with a 3.62 GPA and a ASTB of 8/8/6 65. Am I too late to get the BDCP because I had heard that I may be too late in the game to get that money because i'm closer to graduating. Thanks

 

[blarged]

Im trying to choose Marines or Navy adn the real difference between the two is the BDCP and i need to get fitness up for marines. I am about to be a senior at Univ of South Carolina with a 3.62 GPA and a ASTB of 8/8/6 65. Am I too late to get the BDCP because I had heard that I may be too late in the game to get that money because i'm closer to graduating. Thanks

I believe you can do BDCP up until 6 months before your graduation date, then it is DA (no money, but no commitment). About the same ASTB scores as me (65/7/7/7) with a much better GPA.

The big question is what community are you hoping to head into?

 

[SShanerBaner]

Im definetly going SNA for sure and Im just trying to weigh out which branch to join, its racking my brain, big life decision. Also I have a minor in posession of alcohol from freshman year, anyone know if that will kill my chances at the BDCP.

 

[nzachman]

Im definetly going SNA for sure and Im just trying to weigh out which branch to join, its racking my brain, big life decision. Also I have a minor in posession of alcohol from freshman year, anyone know if that will kill my chances at the BDCP.

It will not kill your chances, but as you probably have figured out it won't help you. Don't sweat it though. I'll bet most of the board drank as a freshman in college, they just weren't stupid enough to get caught

 

[efini_kid]

another how will this affect my chances ?

i was arrested in sept 2003 for "racing on a public highway". that charge was later reduced to a class c misdemeanor "reckless driving". i was placed on deferred adjudication for a period of 6 months and my case was eventually dismissed during this period.

so how will this affect my chances of being selected? is it a waiver-able problem?

 

[nugget61]

I believe you can do BDCP up until 6 months before your graduation date, then it is DA (no money, but no commitment). About the same ASTB scores as me (65/7/7/7) with a much better GPA.

The big question is what community are you hoping to head into?

I didn't know there was a time limit on how close you could be - is this for the Pro-Rec or FS? (I grad Aug1, hope to classup ~Oct/Nov timeframe and don't have a FS yet). Will I still get paid?

 

[Afterburner209]

i was arrested in sept 2003 for "racing on a public highway". that charge was later reduced to a class c misdemeanor "reckless driving". i was placed on deferred adjudication for a period of 6 months and my case was eventually dismissed during this period.

so how will this affect my chances of being selected? is it a waiver-able problem?

I got a exhibition of speed ticket which is classified as "Drag Racing or Pre-Arranged Speeding".

I Made it.

They weight it like everything else, its certainly not going to help but it also is not a DQ.

 

[efini_kid]

thanks for the response afterburner.

 

[pensfan341]

I only took the OAR portion of the ASTB (get results in a couple days).

What Officer communities only require you to take the OAR?

Also, I am hoping to get everything in by the Sept 25 board. If I accomplish this when should I expect to be sworn in? (this is especially pertinent because I am studying abroad starting in Mid janruary).

Thanks

 

[blarged]

I only took the OAR portion of the ASTB (get results in a couple days).

What Officer communities only require you to take the OAR?

Also, I am hoping to get everything in by the Sept 25 board. If I accomplish this when should I expect to be sworn in? (this is especially pertinent because I am studying abroad starting in Mid janruary).

Thanks

I do not know the answer to your first question.

As for the second. Are you asking about having your app submitted prior to September (by the end of this month) or by the end of September and seen in October?

Regardless, there is no set answer. I was pro-rec'd in May boards and have not sworn in yet. There have been people that were pro-rec'd in May boards that are sworn in now. It all depends on the paperwork. I had MEPS done before pro-rec and got PRT done immediately after ... but I've been waiting on Security Clearance stuff for over a month now.

My guess is if you are pro-rec'd, you'll be cutting it close for leaving in mid January ... but it is likely things will be done. (Then you have to get approved for leaving the country for all that)

Summary: Ask your OR

 

[Moc1Sig]

DISCALIMER: Please take this only as an opinion. I'm not even a puke in OCS yet, just a college student. I am no expert or recruiter. I hope just to bring another perspective to readers with their eyes in the sky (or in the water, but who would want to do that...)



3: Don't get minors. I'm seven months away from 21 and I refuse to drink in the States. An underage consumption shows bad character and poor decision making. If you want to be a pilot, it shows up everywhere that run ins with the law make people doubt giving you a million dollar jet, possibly carrying lives. Be responsible.

4: Workout. Really. Don't lie under the physical activity section and say you lift 5 hours a day and run 10 miles. Spending time in the gym shows you properly care for your body and know how to take the right steps in life. If you're 300 pounds when you walk into the recruiter's office, he will forsee some obvious problems.

9: Continue to talk to your recruiter. As part of your active duty orders, you are required to communicate with your recruiter twice a month and see them face to face once a month. Make a memo somewhere and remember to do this. Don't forget about the PRT you have to take every six months. Be sure to talk to your recruiter about your life. I recently visited Canada and my recruiter told me that I have to fill out a leave form. I almost left without doing this. As with the military, there are always forms to work on and the recruiter should know how to deal with them.

10: Sit back and brag. Making some sweet moolah while taking a very light load of credits in the last year of school has been treating me well. My friends are making minimum wage doing lame work, while I am just buying time until I graduate. Flaunt that money and get prepared!

Tom

Gouge and college thoughts further into BDCP
My added Gouge

3.) Alcohol Offense Not just for just a concern for minors, even if your 21 and going to bars you can still do plenty of stupid shit to get a alcohol violation. This is conduct unbecoming of an Officer and 99% of the time will result in separation.

4.) workout Be healthy, Train your whole body. BDCP you have plenty of time to get there, do it the right way.

9.) CO well, my original OR left, just got the CO. He didn't know much about me or have much time. Still stayed in contact as ordered and have gotten to know each other better. I'll call he won't be there so I leave my report as a message and find out when he'll be back. Pretty basic

10.) Sit back and brag This is prob more important than you'd think or have the humility to do. Signing a contract this long term aprox 2 years before you really do anything can play games with your head. A lot of things change your last two years of college. You will be influenced towards other things in life because most likely there will be NO ONE in a similar situation as you. So be prod about what you have worked soo hard to achieve.

Lastly becareful with girls. Not saying just be a player and avoid anything serious, but you can't really avoid that anyways. A serious girl can turn into a real big influence and a distraction, expecially before you head off (cough BDCP cough). But come OCS, rose garden, or any of the many challenges a JO faces you dont need a girl that doesn't like or respect your job becuse your gone or busy. touchy subject, very difficult from experience, but we're in a career that requires 110% attention to your job.

I remember reading tom's gouge a few years ago, great motivation. We got the sweetest deal in the military. watch the final countdown, operation red october or whatever tickles your Navy boner and be the stud you promised the board to be.

Oh yeah happy birthday to the Corps

 

[OUSOONER]

How dare you butcher Hunt For Red October? "Operation" Red October? Is that a porno?

Oh yeah and my last critique...it's the Corps man not the Coprs...the coppers are who get you when you show your ass at the bar after one too many drinks.

 

[Moc1Sig]

How dare you butcher Hunt For Red October? "Operation" Red October? Is that a porno?

Oh yeah and my last critique...it's the Corps man not the Coprs...the coppers are who get you when you show your ass at the bar after one too many drinks.

operation red october was a documentary I saw on military channel where the east coast Legacy RAG flew to western germany and did training against Migs. They called it the "Navy's Red Flag" either way I thought it was pretty sick.

and you beat me to the edit: Coprs happened rushing out of the lab, but those coppers will get ya, they made a tv show about it